Date: July 17, 2012
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: awards, historical fiction, middle grade, pickett, poetry, townley
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: awards, historical fiction, middle grade, pickett, poetry, townley
Heartlanders nominated for 2012 Thorpe Menn Award
Congratulations to Anola Pickett and Wyatt Townley! These Heartlanders are finalists for the Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Excellence, sponsored by the Kansas City Branch of the American Association of University Women. The award recognizes excellence in writing by local authors.
Pickett’s middle grade historical fiction Wasatch Summer was published by by Bonneville Books, April 2011. Townley’s The Afterlives of Trees is a collection of poems published by Woodley Press in 2011.
Date: June 20, 2010
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: Barb Stuber, book release, Crossing the Tracks, historical fiction, young adult
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: Barb Stuber, book release, Crossing the Tracks, historical fiction, young adult
Homeward-Bound with CROSSING THE TRACKS
On June 17, Kansas City welcomed hobo Iris Baldwin with open arms. Debut novelist Barbara Stuber celebrated the release of her young adult novel Crossing The Tracks (Margaret K. McElderry, 2010). Many congratulations and best wishes for Barb and Iris!
Date: March 7, 2010
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: book release, historical fiction, Laura Manivong, reading reptile, young adult
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: book release, historical fiction, Laura Manivong, reading reptile, young adult
SRO at Laura Manivong’s launch for Escaping the Tiger
The masses were out to celebrate with Laura Manivong and her young adult debut Escaping the Tiger. Reading Reptile managed to pack in about 250 family, friends and fans last night and sold every last one of Laura’s books. But don’t fret! You can call the store and order one! (816) 753-0441. In the meantime, enjoy these pictures of the night.
Date: January 1, 2009
Author: Laura Manivong
Tags: historical fiction, middle grade, nonfiction, young adult
Author: Laura Manivong
Tags: historical fiction, middle grade, nonfiction, young adult
McArthur, Debra
Debra McArthur grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where her high school experience included church activities, choir, drum and bugle corps, and the kind of drama and angst that make a person really glad to grow up. She earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and an M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University. She has written eight nonfiction books for young readers. A Voice for Kanzas is Debra’s first novel.
Dixon, Victoria
Victoria Dixon wrote, but did not publish “A Tribble Ate My Lunch: A Star Trek Cookbook” and has completed “Mourn Their Courage,” a fantasy loosely based on the battle for succession to the throne of China in 220 A.D.
Anderton, Johana
Joanne M. Anderton aka Johana Gast Anderton aka J. M. G. Anderton
Books:
- The Glass Rainbow, The Story of Depression Glass, Trojan Press, North Kansas City, MO, 1969, eight reprints. (pioneer work on subject), OP.
- Twentieth Century Dolls, From Bisque to Vinyl, Trojan, 1971, OP.
- Sewing for Twentieth Century Dolls, Vol. 1, Trojan, 1972, 1979, 1996. OP
* Sewing for Twentieht Century Dolls, Vol. 1, Hobby House Press, 1998. OP
- The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Cloth Dolls from Rag Baby to Art Object, 1984, Wallace-Homestead Book Company, Lombard, IL 60148, OP.
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